The New Teacher Project (TNTP) recently looked at professional development in
large school districts and a charter school network and concluded that «We found no evidence that any particular kind or amount of professional development consistently helps teachers improve.»
Of the six
large school districts and the charter school chain EdSource is following as they implement the Common Core, only two had received preliminary scores as of late last week.
Not exact matches
The Los Angeles Unified
School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students
School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 student
District (LASUD)-- the second -
largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students
school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 student
district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses
and 187 public
charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...
Second
largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified
School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900
schools,
and 187 public
charter schools.
«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency
and that increase the input of
school district parents in the decision to permit
and maintain
charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on
school districts with
large numbers of
charters?»
He noted that
large and growing
charter networks across the city
and country have a «direct analogy with a
school district,» but noted that he believes New York's networks have proved their academic merit.
With a mission of «high - performing public
schools, inside
and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations
and academic support to a group of low - performing
schools in the
District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter
District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a
large swath of D.C.
schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional
district and charter
district and charter schools.
«I want to see our urban
school districts and large charter networks play an even greater role in effectively narrowing the achievement gap by reimagining
schools in order to create
and support equitable learning environments.»
States
and school districts with more blacks
and college - educated adults have a substantially
larger share of their students in
charter schools than other
districts.
Legislation to update
and tighten the rules could help, particularly legislation requiring multi-year leases,
and requiring
districts to guarantee space
large enough for all students in a local
charter school, regardless of their home
district.
Importantly, the
schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public
schools operated by the local
school district and five over-subscribed
charter schools that have been shown to have
large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math
and English language arts tests.
To put this into perspective, these 78,000
charter students — enrolled in top quartile
charters — would make up the fourth
largest school district in California
and the 42nd
largest district in the nation.
More than 20 public
school districts across the country, including the
large urban
districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles,
and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with
charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their
charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers
and measuring student success.
While
district - operated
schools still serve more than 80 percent of the U.S.
school - age population,
and private
schools serve close to 10 percent,
charters serve only about 6 percent (a share that is just slightly
larger than that of the home -
schooling sector).
Despite making far
larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment
district schools,
and despite the emphasis their
schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills,
charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).
The only course that is sustainable, for both
chartering and urban education, embraces a third, more expansive view of the movement's future: replace the
district - based system in America's
large cities with fluid, self - improving systems of
charter schools.
Larger class sizes
and staff layoffs should not be pinned on
charter schools when
district buildings are not being used efficiently.
As a result,
large numbers of failing
district and charter schools continue to operate.
Charter schools and districts are hopping in the game, but — for now — the
districts are leading on staffing innovation at
larger scale.
They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder
and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance,
and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion
and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier
and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private
schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard
and has given $ 75 million to help California
school districts improve reading instruction;
and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart,
and which is the nation's
largest supporter of
charter schools and private
school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).
In 2011, she asked a
large consulting firm to study some
school districts and charter management organizations that were known for giving robust support to their teachers.
A
large part (80 percent) of the growth in this gap over time is that
charter schools are less likely than
district schools to classify students as in need of special education services
and more likely to declassify them....
Brizard's replacement, Barbara Byrd - Bennett, wasn't as enthusiastic about new
and charter schools as Brizard had been, but she was more experienced with
larger districts.
In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified
School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely d
District, the second
largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely d
district in the nation, reorganized to provide
charter schools a new level of autonomy
and flexibility while providing them support
and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disabled.
· Big - city
school districts must spend a
large share of their budget for employee health - care benefits
and pensions, a problem
charters have escaped thus far.
And to turn back to school choice for a moment, Imberman finds that charters in an unnamed urban district had no effect on student tests scores — but had large positive effects on discipline and attendan
And to turn back to
school choice for a moment, Imberman finds that
charters in an unnamed urban
district had no effect on student tests scores — but had
large positive effects on discipline
and attendan
and attendance.
Weiner's studied
and interviewed members of four ILTs in four, in -
district charter schools in a
large, northeastern city.
The unique doctorate in education leadership, offered in partnership with faculty from Harvard Business
School and Harvard Kennedy School, prepares students to lead large and influential organizations, from urban school districts to charter networks to state sy
School and Harvard Kennedy
School, prepares students to lead large and influential organizations, from urban school districts to charter networks to state sy
School, prepares students to lead
large and influential organizations, from urban
school districts to charter networks to state sy
school districts to
charter networks to state systems.
Coleman's work spawned a
large body of research comparing the effectiveness of
district, private,
and (later)
charter schools in preparing students for college
and life.
The analysts then focused on
charter and district students who landed in higher - quality
schools after closure,
and there they found even
larger cumulative learning gains.
Its
large urban
districts, referred to as the «Big Eight,» have faced sharply declining enrollment due to both shrinking populations
and an influx of
charter schools.
But their work spawned a
large body of research comparing the effectiveness of
district, private,
and (later)
charter schools in preparing students for college
and life.
Those programs include early - childhood programs for the state's 16
largest and neediest cities,
school library improvements, 16 urban
charter schools,
and additional funding for magnet
schools to attract students from surrounding
school districts.
Charter schools in Colorado have historically enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the legislature and are embraced by some school districts, most notably the state's largest, Denver Public S
schools in Colorado have historically enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the legislature
and are embraced by some
school districts, most notably the state's
largest, Denver Public
SchoolsSchools.
During our work with
district,
charter,
and private
schools —
large, small, urban, rural, as well as progressive
and traditional — the master scheduling process tends to be more alike than different.
Second
largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified
School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900
schools,
and 187 public
charter schools.
Family demographics vary among the four different
school sectors, with
larger shares of African American
and Hispanic students at tuition - free
charters and district schools of choice than at private
schools or assigned -
district schools (Figure 1).
With 25
schools serving 12,500 students, Alliance is the
largest charter school network in Los Angeles,
larger than 75 % of all California
school districts,
and successfully closing the achievement gap at scale...
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more
and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing
charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New
charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture
district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth -
largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction
and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New
Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New
charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link
Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck
and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time
and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
The maker movement has seen a
large number of makerspaces in independent
and charter schools, which is why it's noteworthy that 72 % of the fellows work in or with
district - run public
schools.
Academic Gains, Double the # of
Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds
Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to
School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter
Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround
Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay
and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area
Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture
Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area
District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within
School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of
School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia
Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every
School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality
Charter Schools — April 15, 2016
School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?
In addition, several
charters in the Breakthrough
Charter Schools network — one of the city's largest and most successful charter networks — have bought or leased school buildings from the di
Charter Schools network — one of the city's
largest and most successful
charter networks — have bought or leased school buildings from the di
charter networks — have bought or leased
school buildings from the
district.
I look at New York City, the nation's
largest school district, where both
charter and co-located
schools have increased over the past decade.
Among the
larger charter networks — those with four or more
schools — the Icahn, Kipp
and Uncommon
charter school networks had the lowest attrition rates in elementary
school grades when compared to traditional
schools in the same
school district for the 2013 - 14
school year.
The rating systems inventoried included some from state departments of education,
large public
school districts,
charter associations
and authorizers,
and private news
and advocacy organizations.
I also find
large and meaningful reductions in the percentage of students at
district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of
charter school entry.
This is why we are launching SponsHER, a venture that pushes for gender equity at the most senior levels of the
largest and leading
school districts,
charter management organizations,
and nonprofits.
Along with Highville
Charter School, Achievement First Amistad Academy and Elm City College Prep and Brass City Charter School in Waterbury, our state's largest school district stands out for the ways in which charters are connected to the communities they
School, Achievement First Amistad Academy
and Elm City College Prep
and Brass City
Charter School in Waterbury, our state's largest school district stands out for the ways in which charters are connected to the communities they
School in Waterbury, our state's
largest school district stands out for the ways in which charters are connected to the communities they
school district stands out for the ways in which
charters are connected to the communities they serve.
Over the past 18 months, Stefan Pryor, Malloy's Commissioner of Education, co-founder of Achievement First, Inc. (the
large charter school Management Company) and corporate education reform aficionado, has moved out all the professional expertise from the State Department of Education's office that is responsible for what used to be called Priority School Districts but are now called Alliance Dist
school Management Company)
and corporate education reform aficionado, has moved out all the professional expertise from the State Department of Education's office that is responsible for what used to be called Priority
School Districts but are now called Alliance Dist
School Districts but are now called Alliance
Districts.
New York State Resource
and Computer Training Centers are the
largest professional learning communities in New York State with more than 125 Teachers Centers located throughout the state, working with 675 public
schools districts and nearly 1000 non-public
and charter schools.